Young Marble Giants
Biography
One of the quirkiest and most idiosyncratic groups to emerge from the early British new wave indie scene, Young Marble Giants (from Cardiff, Wales) were not so much new wave in sound as in strategy. They subverted conventional pop/rock methods by stripping both song construction and instrumentation to its essence. A reverberant funky bass, a shrill organ, short choppy bursts of guitar chords, a softly clicking drum machine -- that was all the trio needed. The hauntingly spacious sound was made both more intimate and foreboding by Alison Statton's coolly intoned, almost neutral vocals. The...Read more
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- Brand-new-life
- Choci Loni
- Colossal Youth
- Constantly Changing
- Credit In The Straight World
- Eating Noddemix
- Include Me Out
- Music For Evenings
- N.l.t.a.
- Salad Days
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